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G. F. EARNSHAW. INFANTS BAND. Al rmmnon FILED snn'. 4,1912.

1,077,264. Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

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' manure BANDL' Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Nev. 4; 19153;

Application filed September-4, 1912. Serial No. 718,477.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, Gnomes F. EAnnsnAw,

a citizen'of the United States, and residentof Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Infants Bands, of which the following is aspecification.

- This invention has reference to bands designed and adapted for infantswear, these bands being intended to afford protection to and maintainthe warmth of the abdominal regionsof small infants.

It is a well known factthat the heads of small infants are ofapproximately the same width as their'shoulders and, consequently, it isvery difficulty to keep a garment, which can be slipped on over thehead, suspended from the shoulders. Bands have heretofore been employedwhich were provided with shoulder straps, but these straps werenecessarily spaced apart far-enough to per-' mit the band to be slippedon over the head, with the result that the straps would readily slip offfrom the shoulders and could not be retained in position thereon.

One of the rimary objects of the present invention is t e provision of aband having the shoulder straps so formed that they will remain in placeon the wearers shoulders but will permit the band to be slipped intoposition over the infants head.

My invention will be readily understood by reference to the followingdescription when considered in connection with the accompanying drawingsillustrating one practical and preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings-Figure 1 is a side view of a tubular fabricblank folded and cut to produce aband with attached shoulder straps;Fig. 2 is a front view of the band after the edgeshave been stitched andthe strap fastening means have been completed; and Fig. 3 shows acompleted band with the shoulder straps in the position that they assumewhen on the wearer.

In order to afford the greatestprotection against cold, bands of thischaracter are customarily made of knitted material and, in the presentinstance, I employ a knitted tubular fabric from which, by myimprovement, :1 complete band may be produced without eitherlongitudinal or' transverse seams. The tubular fabric is first flattenedlongitudinally along median front and rear lines and then both plies aresimultaneously cut to the shape shown in Fig. 1, providing a bodyportion 5, front and rear tabs 6 and 7 and a portion 8 extendingupwardly from the body of the band along the rear median line. Thisextension is then divided along the median line to produce twoprojecting portions 9 which form the shoulder straps.

It will be observed from Fig. 2 that both i of these straps rise fromthe center of the back so that when they are laid over the infantsshoulders they will cling closely to the neck and will not separate andslide off from the shoulders as the ordinary shoulder straps" do. Theband is then preferably stitched around the edges to prevent ravel- -ingand to present a neat appearance and suitable slits or button-holes 10are preferably worked in the ends of the shoulder straps to receivetapes 11 "r other suitable fastening devices by means of which the freeends of the shoulder straps are secured to the front of the bandinposition.

It will be manifest from the foregoing that I have provided a band,suitable for infants wear, which can, be readily slipped on over theinfants head and retained in position by securing the straps disposedover the shoulders to the front of the band. By reason of the fact thatthe shoulder straps rise from the center of the back instead of from thesides thereof as in the ordinary band, the straps are prevented fromslipping off over the infants shoulders and serve to retain the bandsnugly in position. When it is desired to remove the bandthe shoulderstraps are unfastened, whereupon the band can be slipped off over theWearers feet without interference by the straps.

By my improvement the infants band, including the straps,'may be formedfrom one piece of material, thereby obviating all seams which would beuncomfortable and very apt to chafe and injure .the tender skin of avery young child.

.It is believed that my invention will be understood and its advan ageswill be appreciated from the foregoing without further description and,it will be obvious, that variations in the size, shape and proportion ofthe garment illustrated and described may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of thematerial advantages thereof.

I claim:

An infants band comprising a sleeveless and seamless continuous tubularhit body wearer to form the sole suspension means, provided with a pairof integral sxtsnsions and means for sscurin the free end; of saidforming the shoulder straps disposed in straps to the from of t e bodyportion. close proximity to each other and extending GEURGE F. EARNSHAW.upwardly from the central portion of the Witnesses:

back thereof, said integral extensions being IRA J. WILSON;

adapted to overlie the shouflei's of the: M. A, Knmm.

